By Los Altos

Town Crier Staff Report

The Nov. 6 election results for the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees and the Measure A proposed hotel tax increase will be posted at losaltosonline.com when the final counts are available. The outcome of Tuesday’s election was unavailable at the time of the Town Crier’s press deadline.

The election determined who will fill three seats on the Los Altos School Board and whether the city of Los Altos should raise the transient occupancy tax on local hotels.

Incumbents Victor Reid III, Duane Roberts and Jay Thomas, and newcomer Bill Cooper were running for positions on the school board.

Measure A, if passed, would allow the Los Altos City Council to increase the city’s transient occupancy tax from 8 percent to an amount not to exceed 11 percent. The city currently charges 8 percent, the lowest rate on the Peninsula.

Mayor King Lear said a yes vote would mean the potential for hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income to the city, which the state can’t take away, for services such as street maintenance and public safety.

The proposed increase comes at a time when the council recently approved three new hotels.